When an earless woman fails to show up at the train station on Walter Mason’s regular 5:22 p.m. commute from MIT to his home in rural Massachusetts, Mason begins to question the routines that dictate his life.

A bus filled with passengers from different walks of life begins its long journey. Everyone has different problems assailing their otherwise ordinary lives, but as the bus rolls along, these issues begin to be resolved for each through the unwitting actions of the others.

Passengers remain on a bus that may never reach its destination.

Stuck on a train ride with his overbearing wife, a stifled husband questions a fellow passenger about the meaning of love.

An individual on a train watches the throngs of people commuting, including a young couple that has been severely affected by the Great Depression.

On a train in 20th century London, a middle-aged stranger tells a man about a series of strangely realistic dreams he had depicting a horrific world war that he could have prevented.

When a young adult Tokyoite takes his younger cousin to a medical examination in his hometown, he recalls a hospital trip with his now-deceased childhood friend.

A man reflects on his countless journeys on Greyhounds—and the woman he hoped to see at his destinations.

A man must plan an escape when he finds himself stuck at a train station ends up trapped in a cult-like existence with no way out.

An older Japanese man reflects on his past and learns more about the American culture through small encounters with strangers on a train.